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Can you please review this essay? Thanks a lot for your help.
The following appeared in a magazine article on trends and lifestyles.
"In general, people are not as concerned as they were a decade ago about regulating their intake of red meat and fatty cheeses. Walk into the Heart's Delight, a store that started selling organic fruits and vegetables and whole-grain flours in the 1960's, and you will also find a wide selection of cheeses made with high butterfat content. Next door, the owners of the Good Earth Cafe, an old vegetarian restaurant, are still making a modest living, but the owners of the new House of Beef across the street are millionaires."
Discuss how well reasoned you find this argument. In your discussion be sure to analyze the line of reasoning and the use of evidence in the argument. For example, you may need to consider what questionable assumptions underlie the thinking and what alternative explanations or counterexamples might weaken the conclusion. You can also discuss what sort of evidence would strengthen or refute the argument, what changes in the argument would make it more logically sound, and what, if anything, would help you better evaluate its conclusion.
Response:
The aurthor argues that people nowadays are not as concious about their intake of red meat and fatty cheeses as they were a decade ago. The author then cites certain examples of various restaurants to prove his point. Although their might be some The aurthor argues that people nowadays are not as concious about their intake of red meat and fatty cheeses as they were a decade ago. The author then cites certain examples of various restaurants to prove his point. Although their might be some truth to the argument but it contains several flaws and certain questionable assumptions.
Firstly, the author gives the example of a store 'Walk into the Heart's Delight' stating that once selling only organic food in 1960's, it now also has a wide section of cheeses but the time when this section was added to the store is not known and there is a possibilty that the section was added more than a decade ago. Since the author compares concern of people today about their food intake to the people a decade ago, this particular example might not fit the bill. In the second example of 'Good Earth Cafe', the author blames the modest living of the restaurant to low costumer base as the people not concerned with their food intake. But the author fails to consider the possibilty that the Cafe might be making a modest living to due its mediocre food and customer service rather than what type of food it is serving. In the third and the last example of 'House of Beef', the author assumes that the owners are millionaires due to good business of the restaurant which only serves beef as implied by its name. The author's assumption is mere a possibilty and cannot be the actual underlying reason for the owners being millionaires. It might be possible that they were millionaires before even starting the restaurant because, as stated, it is newly opened and it is highly unlikely for a new restaurant to make its owners millionaires over night. In addition to that, it is not necessary that House Of Beef only serves beef, rather it might also serve other food items such as organic food or vegetarian food and hence the actual profit from the restaurant cannot be attributed to particularly red meat.
In conclusion, the evidences provided by the author are based on various assumptions which may or may not be true so if the author could clearly state these assumptions, it may make the author's point stronger. Additionally, if the author could actually survey the people about their choice of food today as compared to what it was a decade ago, it will make the evaluation of the argument much easier.
Can you please review this essay? Thanks a lot for your help.
The following appeared in a magazine article on trends and lifestyles.
"In general, people are not as concerned as they were a decade ago about regulating their intake of red meat and fatty cheeses. Walk into the Heart's Delight, a store that started selling organic fruits and vegetables and whole-grain flours in the 1960's, and you will also find a wide selection of cheeses made with high butterfat content. Next door, the owners of the Good Earth Cafe, an old vegetarian restaurant, are still making a modest living, but the owners of the new House of Beef across the street are millionaires."
Discuss how well reasoned you find this argument. In your discussion be sure to analyze the line of reasoning and the use of evidence in the argument. For example, you may need to consider what questionable assumptions underlie the thinking and what alternative explanations or counterexamples might weaken the conclusion. You can also discuss what sort of evidence would strengthen or refute the argument, what changes in the argument would make it more logically sound, and what, if anything, would help you better evaluate its conclusion.
Response:
The aurthor argues that people nowadays are not as concious about their intake of red meat and fatty cheeses as they were a decade ago. The author then cites certain examples of various restaurants to prove his point. Although their might be some The aurthor argues that people nowadays are not as concious about their intake of red meat and fatty cheeses as they were a decade ago. The author then cites certain examples of various restaurants to prove his point. Although their might be some truth to the argument but it contains several flaws and certain questionable assumptions.
Firstly, the author gives the example of a store 'Walk into the Heart's Delight' stating that once selling only organic food in 1960's, it now also has a wide section of cheeses but the time when this section was added to the store is not known and there is a possibilty that the section was added more than a decade ago. Since the author compares concern of people today about their food intake to the people a decade ago, this particular example might not fit the bill. In the second example of 'Good Earth Cafe', the author blames the modest living of the restaurant to low costumer base as the people not concerned with their food intake. But the author fails to consider the possibilty that the Cafe might be making a modest living to due its mediocre food and customer service rather than what type of food it is serving. In the third and the last example of 'House of Beef', the author assumes that the owners are millionaires due to good business of the restaurant which only serves beef as implied by its name. The author's assumption is mere a possibilty and cannot be the actual underlying reason for the owners being millionaires. It might be possible that they were millionaires before even starting the restaurant because, as stated, it is newly opened and it is highly unlikely for a new restaurant to make its owners millionaires over night. In addition to that, it is not necessary that House Of Beef only serves beef, rather it might also serve other food items such as organic food or vegetarian food and hence the actual profit from the restaurant cannot be attributed to particularly red meat.
In conclusion, the evidences provided by the author are based on various assumptions which may or may not be true so if the author could clearly state these assumptions, it may make the author's point stronger. Additionally, if the author could actually survey the people about their choice of food today as compared to what it was a decade ago, it will make the evaluation of the argument much easier.
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